4-8-4 - North American Production List

North American Production List

Most North American 4-8-4's were built by ALCO, Lima and the Baldwin Locomotive Works, while the large fleet of the Canadian National Railway (CN) was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works. Only the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Norfolk and Western Railway, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) and the Reading Railroad built their own.

The Northern type was used by thirty-seven railroads in the Americas, including thirty-one railroads in the United States, three in Canada, one in Mexico and two in Brazil. In all, there were less than 1,200 locomotives of this type in North America, compared to the approximately 2,500 4-8-2 Mountain types and 6,800 4-6-2 Pacific types. By far the largest fleet was owned by the CN and its subsidiary, the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, with altogether 203 locomotives.

North American 4-8-4 locomotive operators
Railroad
(Quantity, Nickname)
Class Road numbers Builder Build year Notes
Northern Pacific Railway (48 "Northerns")
A
2600–2611
Alco
1926
A-2
2650–2659
Baldwin
1934
A-3
2660–2667
Baldwin
1938
A-4
2670–2677
Baldwin
1941
A-5
2680–2689
Baldwin
1943
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
(65 "Northerns")
3751
3751–3764
Baldwin
1927–1929
3751 is used as an excursion loco
3765
3765–3775
Baldwin
1938
3776
3776–3785
Baldwin
1941
2900
2900–2929
Baldwin
1943–1944
Canadian National Railways (160 "Confederations")
U-2-a
6100–6119
CLC
1927
U-2-b
6120–6139
MLW
1927
U-2-c
6140–6159
MLW
1929
U-2-d
6160–6164
MLW
1936
U-2-e
6165–6179
MLW
1940
U-2-f
6180–6189
CLC
1940
U-2-g
6200–6234
MLW
1943
U-2-h
6235–6264
MLW
1944
U-4-a
6400-6404
MLW
1936
Streamlined
Canadian National subsidiary, Grand Trunk Western
(43 "Confederations")
U-3-a
6300–6311
Alco
1927
U-3-b
6312–6336
Alco
1942–1943
U-4-b
6405–6410
Lima
1938
Streamlined
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
(55 "Poconos")
Q-1
1501–1505
Alco
1927
Q-2
1601–1620
Alco
1929
Q-3
1621–1630
Alco
1932
Q-4
1631–1650
Alco
1934
Canadian Pacific Railway
(2 "Northerns")
K1a
3100–3101
CP (Angus)
1928
Chicago and North Western Railway (35 "Northerns")
H
3001–3035
Baldwin
1929
24 rebuilt to H-1
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
(85 "Northerns")
R-67
5000–5064
Alco
1929–1930
R-67
5100–5119
Alco
1944, 1946
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
(19 "Westerns")
M-64
1700–1713
Baldwin
1929
M-68
1800–1804
Baldwin
1938
Great Northern Railway
(38 "Northerns")
S-1
2550–2555
Baldwin
1929
S-2
2575–2588
Baldwin
1930
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
(36)
O-5
5600–5607
Baldwin
1930
O-5a
5608–5635
CB&Q
1936–1940
Milwaukee Road
(52 "Northerns")
S-1
9700
Baldwin
1930
Renumbered 250 in 1938
S-1
251
MILW
1938
S-2
201–240
Baldwin
1937, 1940
S-3
260–269
Baldwin
1943
No. 261 used as an excursion locomotive
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
(25 "Dixies")
J-2
565–569
Alco
1930
J-3
570–589
Alco
1942
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
(20 "Northerns")
L1
800–809
BLW
1930
L1
810–819
SSW
1937, 1942–1943
Southern Pacific
(70 "Golden States")
GS-1
4400–4409
Baldwin
1930
GS-2
4410–4415
Lima
1936
GS-3
4416–4429
Lima
1937
GS-4
4430–4457
Lima
1941
4449 is the only surviving GS-4 and is used as an excursion loco
GS-5
4458–4459
Lima
1942
GS-6
4460–4469
Lima
1943
Southern Pacific subsidiary, Texas and New Orleans Railroad
(4 "Golden States")
GS-1
700–703
Baldwin
1930
Timken Roller Bearing Company (demonstrator)
Timken 1111
Alco
1930
to NP 2626, class A-1
Wabash Railroad
(25 "Northerns")
O-1
2900–2924
Baldwin
1930–1931
Lehigh Valley Railroad
(37 "Wyomings")
T-1a
5100–5110
Baldwin
1931–1932
T-2a
5200–5210
Alco
1931–1932
T-2b
5211–5220
Alco
1943
T-3
5125–5129
Baldwin
1934–1935
New York Central Railroad
(28 "Niagaras")
HS-1a
800
Alco
1931
S-1a
6000
Alco
1945
S-1b
6001–6025
Alco
1945–1946
S-2a
5500
Alco
1946
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
(15 "Greenbriers")
J-3
600–606
Lima
1935, 1942
J-3-A
610–614
Lima
1948
No. 614 is the last commercially built passenger steam locomotive in the U.S. & is currently the world's most advanced steam locomotive. It is now at the Greenbrier Hotel, awaiting service for the Greenbrier Presidential Express
Ontario Northland Railway (5 "Northerns")
1100
1100–1104
CLC
1936
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (12 "1800s")
R-1
1800–1811
Baldwin
1938
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (27)
Generals
551–555
Baldwin
1937
Governors
601–612
Baldwin
1938, 1942
Statesmen
613–622
Baldwin
1944–1945
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (6 "Northerns")
H-10
80–85
Alco
1937
Union Pacific Railroad
(45 "Four-Eight-Fours")
FEF-1
800–819
Alco
1937
FEF-2
820–834
Alco
1939
FEF-3
835–844
Alco
1944
844 Is the oldest operating steam engine on a Class One Railroad and is used as an excursion locomotive.
Wisconsin Central Railway (4 "Northerns")
O-20
5000–5003
Lima
1938
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
(3 "Northerns")
E-1
700–702
BLW
1938
NP A-3 class; 700 survives and is used as an excursion loco
Missouri Pacific Railroad (40 "Northerns")
2101–2125
MP
1940–1942
2201–2215
Baldwin
1943
Norfolk and Western Railway (14 "J"s)
J
600–613
N&W
1941–1950
611 Survives and is on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, VA.
Central of Georgia Railway (8 "Big Apples")
K
451–458
Lima
1943
Delaware and Hudson Railroad (15 "Northerns")
K-62
300–314
Alco
1943
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway (25 "Northerns")
4500
4524
Baldwin
1942-1943
Western Pacific Railroad
(6 "Northerns")
GS-64
481–486
Lima
1943
SP GS-6
Reading Railroad
(30 "Northerns")
T-1
2100–2129
Reading
1945-1947
Converted from Class I-10a 2-8-0 locomotives
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México
(32 "Niágaras")
QR-1
3025–3056
Alco (16),
Baldwin (16)
1946
Western Maryland Railway (12 "Potomacs")
J-1
1401–1412
Baldwin
1947

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